A car driven by an 18-year old on Sunday morning which collided with an oncoming car, has killed three occupants of the vehicle while others were injured.
The incident happened at 1am on Sunday on Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, Lagos.
According to the police, the 18-year old driver of the car was without a driving license.
An X user, one Dr Love who witnessed the incident wrote on his X handle that the three victims were friends of the driver of the vehicle. He said the driver of the two vehicles however survived the accident.
“18 yrs old driver killed 3 of his friends in acc!dent. Police arrested the remaining 2 survivors. The driver was about 18 yrs old and without a drivers licence,” he wrote
He said about eight people were inside the two cars. While two of the victims died on the spot, the third victim died a few minutes after being pulled out of the wreckage.
“The two drivers from both cars came out unharmed, no scratch on their body. They came out hale and hearty while their friends lay dead. But instead of helping, the police who arrived at the scene handcuffed the survivors, acting like they didn’t care about the bodies on the ground. People in the area, including elders, couldn’t believe what they were seeing. They begged the police to focus on taking the dead to the hospital or mortuary instead of arresting those who had just lost their friends,’
“He added: “After many complaints, the police finally let them go and the crowd began trying to help, searching for the families of those who had died. It was a deeply sad night filled with loss and a feeling that things should have been handled differently.”
Confirming the incident, Lagos State Police Command PRO, Benjamin Hundeyin said they had taken the bodies of the dead to Yaba mortuary while investigation commenced.